WCW Thunder

Thunder was produced for one reason, to capture an audience that thirsted for wrestling on Thursday nights, but since UPN wasn't available on all cable systems, they couldn't get WWE Smackdown. Thunder tried to be different then Nitro, airing on TBS. THough there would be an occasional shock, or shoot style promo, Thunder was overall a lackluster show, featuring many b level wrestlers that weren't ready for prime time. The show was a desperate attempt to stop the momentum the WWE was gaining, and it failed bad. Whereas WCW could have used Nitro to promote it's cruiserwiehgt division, thus using the bigger names to garner ratings and interest could have made the show something. It soon looked like WCW lost all interest in the show, and instead of a prime time show, it would soon feel like it was nothing more then a House show that was dressed up for TV purposes. After a while, UPN was more available, and Thunder was completely forgotten.

I loved Thunder more than anything Dubya Dubya E had to offer.

Thunder was like a Dubya Dubya E Heat in Dubya C Dubya however, It was more enjoyable than lets say Smackdown and Raw Looking back at it. WWE during this time only had 2 people The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin. That's it. Undertaker during these days was not at his best lets be honest until the Biker Gimmick came rolling rolling around.

Thunder Still had some fun times. It had Goldberg, Texas Redneck vs The No limit soldiers, Kidman, Rey, Cat, Booker, Revolution, Raven. The list goes on. The matches were done better than Dubya Dubya E. All dubya dubya E matches felt the same. (BORING).

I was more of a Thunder guy because Nitro came on late during those days So I rarely watched Nitro. Thunder was my go-to guy for some Wrassling and I really did enjoy what they had to offer.

Verdict: The older I get I realize how crappy the WWE really was. I won't down play and I'll be honest, It had many entertaining moments but as an overall product it was overrated and looked gross.

WCW Thunder was about wrestling I feel I got it more with Thunder than I did with WWE.

Back in those days I only watched wwe for the Rock. Take the rock away and I wouldn't have watched WWE, WCW Thunder had many stories and wrestlers that caught my interest. WWE not so much.

Thunder was a good show.

WCW Thunder made it's debut in 1998 when WCW was the number one promotion in the United States (with the WWF trailing second). At first, I couldn't see how another two hour show could survive given that there was the two/three hour Nitro on Mondays, syndicated programmes and a WCW PPV every month of the year;but Thunder (shown on Thursdays) complimented Monday Nitro very well.

There were some great matches on Thunder during it's early year. However, in late 1998 up until 2001 (when WCW was sold to the WWF), the shows were not very good because the entire WCW product was no good. WCW from late 1998 to March 2001 was a real chore to sit through and was the most confusing and poorly booked wrestling organisation in the world. In March of 2001, it was finally put out of it's misery.

All in all, WCW Thunder was a good show initially. If WCW hadn't become such a crap organisation then I am sure Thunder would still be on today complimenting Monday Nitro very well. If you do decide to track down any episodes of Thunder, then I would recommend looking for 1998 episodes only.

WCW Thunder which I believe was originally titled WCW Thursday Thunder but since they changed the airing date to Wednesday they titled it to just WCW Thunder but again I believe it was aired back on Thursdays again. I know they had it back and forth! The program didn't always have huge matches but it would occasionally! It would mostly have matches of the other wrestlers you didn't see on WCW Nitro! There were some cool moments on this show however and I would try My best not to miss it!

The opening match is Kwee Wee versus Corporal Cajun. Mike Sanders cuts a promo on the Filthy Animals. The Jung Dragons take on the Harris Brothers. Crowbar faces Reno. Mike Tenay interviews Midajah. The Dark Carnival takes on Tank Abbott and 3 Count. Gene Okerlund interviews Paisley. Norman Smiley defends the Hardcore Championship against M. I. Smooth in an "I Quit" match. Mike Sanders faces the Disco Inferno. Pamela Paulshock interviews Chuck Palumbo. Lance Storm defends the United States Championship against Mike Awesome and General Rection. The main event is Kevin Nash and Chuck Palumbo versus Booker T and Big Vito.